Some questions of spin
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Plenty of words about spin this morning as the pundits delight in the absurdity of government ministers who won’t say the “billion” word. PICK OF THE MORNING’S STORIES AUSTRALIA Mr Fix-it out to prove it’s not spin - Sydney Morning Herald Workers slam Rudd policy - The Australian talks to some workers about retirement age AUSTRALIA Revolt by unions on work to 67 - The Australian Labour, business hail employee share backdown foreshadowed by Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen - The Australian Changes ‘defeat’ simpler tax plan - more people will need help of an accountant - The Australian It’s back to basics for employee share plans - Sydney Morning Herald Labor to revamp share-scheme tax - Melbourne Age Government U-Turn on changes to employee share plans - Melbourne Herald Sun Infrastructure projects Mr Fix-it out to prove it’s not spin - Sydney Morning Herald Melbourne’s $4.3bn rail link to dwarf cost of cross-country route - The Australian PM’s 35,000 construction sites - to roll out in the next 12 months - The Australian Light rail extension could run within a year - a proposal to extend Sydney’s light rail line is about to go to a key NSW cabinet committee - Sydney Morning Herald Minister backs local jobs in bid to head off union brawl - Melbourne Age Aboriginal Affairs
Macklin lays down law on town camp seizures - Jenny Macklin says she has taken her toughest stand as Indigenous Affairs Minister by telling the Tangentyere Council she will compulsorily acquire the town camps of Alice Springs unless it accepts her $125 million offer to upgrade them. - The Australian Macklin cites camp horrors - Melbourne Age Pearson brothers face off over Cape - and World Heritage listing - The Australian Territory land resumption ‘clearly discriminatory’ - Sydney Morning Herald A hint of strange things RBA link to tax-haven payments - the Melbourne Age looks at some payments to agents for the bank’s note printing technology Victoria has become a dirty state: Baillieu - Melbourne Age PM blocks diplomatic posting - Melbourne Age
Hard times Sydney families forced onto streets as recession hits hard - Sydney Daily Telegraph Health Government cool on hospital takeover - and instead will seek control of other health areas including outpatient care and community health services. Hospital takeover canned - Melbourne Age Mentally ill violent offenders ‘lost’ by Queensland Heath - Brisbane Courier Mail Opinion Voters wary of same old Labor - Glen Milne, The Australian We’re sunk if commodity prices fall - David Uren in The Australian Spun out - Paul Kelly, The Australian When the heat is on, bushfire bureaucrats duck for cover - David Burchell, The Australian Abbott foray will highlight tussle within Coalition - Phillip Coorey, Sydney Morning Herald Shhh … don’t mention bad economic news - Ross Gittins argues the Government is doing a good job of keeping the lid on recession pessimism. Sydney Morning Herald ELSEWHERE Opinion The Case for Working With Your Hands - Changes in the economy have had the surprising effect of making the manual trades more attractive as careers argues Matthew B. Crawford in The New York Times Protection
Trade wars: Kiwis’ standard of living at risk - Dominion Post, New Zealand
BUSINESS Competition regulator rues mega-bank might as Commonwealth Bank/BankWest and Westpac/St George Bank — took a combined 85 per cent of Big Four mortgage growth - The Australian Qantas to ditch long-haul first class - The Australian Inquiry into bosses who fail to pay super - Sydney Morning Herald
MEDIA ABC web centres a threat to investors - The Australian Green spin on cost cuts - Media Diary in The Australian News website for bloggers to punch above its weight - The Australian Regional people in black hole - Mark Day on the government’s still emerging plans for digital television - The Australian Oprah’s love of Amazon Kindle fuels eBook interest - Downloading books by wi-fi will soon be changing the way the UK reads says Daily Telegraph, London Michael Haneke’s ‘The White Ribbon’ wins Palm D’Or - The Times, London ‘In the Sudan famine, people would die as you were filming’ - New author Ben Brown tells The Independent why he feels such guilt over his war reporter years ENVIRONMENT ‘Stop eating lamb and drinking beer if you want to save the planet’ - Daily Telegraph, London, quotes a government adviser Jobs boom to follow $31b of investment following the introduction of an emissions trading scheme - Sydney Morning Herald LIFE Dark deeds
Oxford poetic election sex row - London Sunday Times Swine flu Swine flu plea to keep kids home - when returning from countries where flue prevalent - The Australian Swine flu holiday ban hits children - Sydney Morning Herald Parents slam authorities’ flu response - Melbourne Age Flu danger is real, this year and every other year - Editorial, Melbourne Age Diets PM Kevin Rudd’s wife Therese Rein shows off slim new look - Sydney Daily Telegraph |
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They might have gone for different leads but both have put Aboriginal matters on page one
